It's about time we started honouring those people involved in the arms struggle, It was the bombs and the bullets and sacrifice made by the likes of Bobby Sands that bought Britain to the negotiating table"
Do want this as our future -- you decide

Never seen the issue with it unless they are doing it to purposely be racist and offensive with it, put White Chicks on and chill out.

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Yes the black faces were because such dancing was illegal at the time and so people could not see their faces. Caused outrage in the Bull ring - nonsense I think

It's about time we started honouring those people involved in the arms struggle, It was the bombs and the bullets and sacrifice made by the likes of Bobby Sands that bought Britain to the negotiating table"
Do want this as our future -- you decide

Over reaction isn't it?
Certain zealots claim unless you're from the "pertinent culture ",you should not be able, "Allowed ",to imitate, going even further be unable to represent, relay through art and literature.
Go figure.

Over reaction isn't it?
Certain zealots claim unless you're from the "pertinent culture ",you should not be able, "Allowed ",to imitate, going even further be unable to represent, relay through art and literature.
Go figure.

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"Cultural appropriation" they call it. Complete nonsense and never from the actual supposedly offended group.

I've always been a big fan of Morris dancing as a form of dance that traditionally was performed exclusively by men.
However, I now see that there are female Morris dance troupes springing up. They just can't let us have anything to ourselves, can they?

“I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it by not dying.”Woody Allen

"From 1723-1823, it was a criminal offence to blacken one's face in some circumstances, with a punishment of death. The Black Act was passed at a time of economic downturn that led to heightened social tensions, and in response to a series of raids by two groups of poachers who blackened their faces to prevent identification."

“I don't want to achieve immortality through my work, I want to achieve it by not dying.”Woody Allen

"From 1723-1823, it was a criminal offence to blacken one's face in some circumstances, with a punishment of death. The Black Act was passed at a time of economic downturn that led to heightened social tensions, and in response to a series of raids by two groups of poachers who blackened their faces to prevent identification."

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Not quite relevant to today's outrage though is it? More a historical curiosity.